Mammal
Short-beaked Echidna
Spiny egg-laying anteater of Australia
Family Tachyglossidae
Tachyglossidae is a taxonomic family in the order Monotremata, class Mammalia. Global Animal Guide profiles one of its members: Short-beaked Echidna.
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